Here’s a list of Apache commands and operations. Load & Unload Apache sites (Explicitly name the *.conf file if needed) a2ensite /etc/apache2/sites-available/* a2dissite /etc/apache2/sites-available/* Recycle Apache (Compared to service apache2 restart init.d gives a return indication) /etc/init.d/httpd restart /etc/init.d/httpd start /etc/init.d/httpd stop List all apache .conf apache2ctl -S